Cop killed for gun, 3 held

NEW DELHI: The operation cell of the northwest district police recently arrested three people for being allegedly involved in the murder of constable Vijay Kumar, who was killed on March 2 . The victim was posted at the Jehangirpuri police station.
According to N S Bundela, DCP (northwest), the accused have been identified as Kuldeep (22), Sanjeev (39) and his younger brother Rajender (30).While Kuldeep, a civil defence volunteer, is a resident of Jehangirpuri, the accused brothers stay at Swaroop Nagar.
According to Bundela, Vijay went missing during the course of his night duty on March 1. "We initially thought that he had gone home. But when his family informed us that he had established no contact with them, we lodged a missing FIR on March 5 and a subsequent kidnapping case in the middle of the month,'' he said.
Initially, the police questioned Kuldeep with whom Vijay was last seen. "He told us that he had dropped Vijay at the police station around 10.30pm. Since, Vijay too worked on the same city park beat as Kuldeep, we did not doubt his words. A few days later, we came to know of a mobile number which Kuldeep was using and about which we had no information . The number was used extensively on the night of March 1. We asked Kuldeep to rejoin investigations but he escaped around March 13 and even applied for anticipatory bail. We ultimately nabbed him along with Sanjeev on April 2. At their instance we also arrested Rajender,'' said Bundela.
During interrogation, the accused admitted to their crime. "Sanjeev told us that he wanted to kill Vijay as he wanted his 9mm weapon so that he could get even with a few property dealers. Kuldeep was enraged as Vijay had once slapped him in front of the public,'' said Bundela.
"Kuldeep took Vijay to Sanjeev's residence where they consumed liquor. Kuldeep shot Vijay twice from his pistol while Rajender cut his throat with a knife to prevent any noise. The trio then disposed off the body at Sahibabad,'' Bundela added.
While Sanjeev received training as a home guard in 2005, he never joined it formally. His brother Rajender works at a mobile repairing shop.